Jallal Toufiq underscored the need to overcome disparities in access to controlled medicines and treatment services, prioritising health and alternatives to punishment.
Ontario's legislative action to close safe consumption sites risks undermining the achievements of these initiatives, including saving lives, increasing community safety and HIV/Hepatitis control.
Organisations worldwide urge UNODC's Executive Director to mark International Human Rights Day 2024 by calling on Member States to align drug policies and practices with human rights, and commit to placing human rights at the centre of all dimensions of the UNODC’s work.
This event launches a publication identifying good practices in relation to the needs of women and gender diverse people, and access to responsive harm reduction services.
IDPC co-signs joint statement at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council urging sentencing reform for drug offences, including abolishing the death penalty and mandatory sentences.
IDPC calls on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to right a historical wrong by supporting the critical review of the coca leaf and ultimately approve its descheduling.
Prioritising harm reduction efforts, public health and safeguarding rights are key to combatting rising opposition to Canada's historically bold drug policies and increasingly toxic supply.
The UN Human Rights Council denounced the country's racialised drug policing and recommended the decriminalisation of simple possession and the de-prioritisation of people involved in retail.
In the Netherlands, rising drug-related violence and dangerous fluctuations in the contents of ecstasy pills spark recent calls for a legally regulated MDMA supply, with profits reinvested into harm reduction programmes.
